Mohali, May 3 -- A special CBI court in Mohali on Friday granted anticipatory bail to five accused in a land-grab case involving eight acres of prime property worth Rs.100 crore near VIP Road in Zirakpur.

Among the five accused granted anticipatory bail are three public servants, including DSP Kuljinder Singh, retired tehsildar Harminder Singh Sidhu and retired sub-registrar Kuldeep Singh, apart from Rajeev Kumar and Harjeet Singh Sachdeva.

The court directed the accused to appear before the special judicial magistrate, CBI, Mohali, on May 5 for trial proceedings. In all, 16 accused have been summoned on May 5.

In line with a Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) order in October 2023, the CBI had taken over probe in the matter in Novembe...